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ITAL 101 - ELEMENTARY ITALIAN I: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits: 4 This course designed for students with little or no previous knowledge of Italian. In this course, students begin to develop indispensable skills: to communicate in spoken Italian, to read a variety of texts, and to write clearly. Students will discover Italian culture through an interdisciplinary approach which includes cinema and music. Independent work and work in class are supplemented by the digital resources available on-line through the Language Resource Center. Recommended prerequisite(s): No prior knowledge of Italian. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 102 - ELEMENTARY ITALIAN II: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits: 4 As a continuation of ITAL 101, the focus will be on spoken and written Italian. Students will continue to acquire fluency, reinforce the abilities to narrate, describe and compare through a wide variety of materials, including the digital resources available on-line through the LRC. Credit may not be received for both ITAL 223 and ITAL 102. Recommended Prerequisite: ITAL 101. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
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ITAL 201 - INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN I: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits: 4 This course is aimed at further developing Italian language skills, through the study of Italian language, literature and the variety of regional cultures. Students will be expected to take on intermediate level reading, to write increasingly competent Italian, and to converse with greater fluency. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 202 - INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN II: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits: 4 As a continuation of ITAL 201, we will continue to develop the skills required to communicate in Italian on an increasingly wide range of subjects. Students will acquire the ability to read more advanced literary texts, with a focus on contemporary literature and the short story. Digital materials for this course are made available through the LRC. Recommended Prerequisite: ITAL 201. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 222 - AP CREDIT IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE Credits: 4 Credit may not receive for both ITAL 222 and ITAL 101. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 223 - AP CREDIT IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE Credits: 4 Course indicating credit given for advanced placement in Italian language. Credit may not be received for both ITAL 223 and ITAL 102. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 249 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND MUSIC Credits: 4 Intermediate-level directed reading in Italian language, literature, and music. Designed to develop reading and writing skills, this intensive seminar will position students for advanced-level undergraduate study of Italian. 30 pages of written work required. Taught in Italian and English, authors considered include Petrarch, Bembo, Ariosto, Tasso, Redi, Metastasio, Goldoni, and Da Ponte, with specific reference to musical poetry. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
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ITAL 309 - ITALY THROUGH CINEMA AND LITERATURE Credits: 3 This course will concentrate on Italian cinema and literature from c1950-present. Topics to be discussed include Neorealism, Feminism, 'Commedia al'italiana', and the Holocaust. Students will begin to express themselves in increasingly elegant written and spoken Italian. This course is supported by resources available through the LRC. College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
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ITAL 310 - STARS OF ITALIAN CINEMA Credits: 3 This course will examine some of the most representative films of Italian cinema through the figure of the actress the director has chosen to star in his/her film. Politicians and artists have forged specific ideas about female beauty. Films in particular accomplish this task through the face and the body of the actress who becomes the incarnation of Italy and the embodiement of the cultural, political and historical heritage of a nation and its people. Actresses like Anna Magnani, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Cardinale and Sophia Loren above all, lent their bodies to a cinematic corpus that became part of the Italian national identity. This course will be conducted in Italian. An advanced knowledge of the language is required. Recommended Prerequisite: ITAL 309. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page
ITAL 499 - INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits: Hours Variable Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Italian Language and Culture
Score: 12.69408 Details | Listing | Web page